Make a Stylish Lumbar Pillow in 3 Easy Steps (No Sewing Required)

Lumbar pillows get a lot of love on Apartment Therapy, and for good reason. They're the easiest way to pull together your bedroom. One long statement piece in front of your standard shams and bam! Instant style. But if you can't find exactly what you want or just wish that one Anthropologie pillow was several shades turned down (and many dollars less), we have the DIY to make your own.

What You Need

Materials

Tools

Pinking shears (ideal but not necessary)

Instructions

1. Cut a fabric piece to the same dimensions as your pillow form using pinking shears. This is your front piece. If you make all the pieces the same width as your form you'll have a nice full look in the end.

Cut two back pieces the same width as you pillow form and half the length plus 1". This extra overlap will create the envelope form.

3. Once the glue is completely dry, turn it right side out. Time to make the pockets for the tassel trim! I used this method instead of gluing the tassel trim in between the front and back pieces like you normally would if sewing to minimize potential gaping.

To mimic a sewn effect, push in the hemmed edges and iron the new fold down.

Letting the tassel fringe and trim pull all the visual weight really frees up your room for error on this one. A few lines of glue and waiting are all that's really needed for a cute new bedfellow.

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